ArticleNature communications2015
Creation and manipulation of topological states in chiral nematic microspheres.
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- Shape-Persistent Actuators from Hydrazone Photoswitches.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2019Article
- Light-activated helical inversion in cholesteric liquid crystal microdroplets.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
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- Bipolar configuration with twisted loop defect in chiral nematic droplets under homeotropic surface anchoring.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Field-controlled structures in ferromagnetic cholesteric liquid crystals.Science advances · 2017Article
- Periodic assembly of nanoparticle arrays in disclinations of cholesteric liquid crystals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Hidden topological constellations and polyvalent charges in chiral nematic droplets.Nature communications · 2017Article
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Abstract
Topology is a universal concept that is encountered in daily life and is known to determine many static and dynamical properties of matter. Taming and controlling the topology of materials therefore constitutes a contemporary interdisciplinary challenge. Building on the controllable spatial properties of soft matter appears as a relevant strategy to address the challenge, in particular, because it may lead to paradigmatic model systems that allow checking theories experimentally. Here we report experimentally on a wealth of complex free-standing metastable topological architectures at the micron scale, in frustrated chiral nematic droplets. These results support recent works predicting the formation of free-standing knotted and linked disclination structures in confined chiral nematic fluids. We also demonstrate that various kinds of external fields (thermal, electrical and optical) can be used to achieve topological remote control. All this may foster the development of new devices based on topologically structured soft media.
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